1966 Dodge Travco Interior (After)

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We finally took a few moments to get some interior shots of the bus now that it’s done—or at least nearly so. Here are the before pics. 1966 Dodge Travco Interior (Before)

Luckenbach

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I got a new brake light switch, installed it, and still have no brake lights. Crap. I’ve bypassed the switch and confirmed that the wiring is fine, which really only leaves the possibility that the switches are junk. Which, considering they only cost nine bucks, wouldn’t surprise me in the … Read More

San Antonio Fiesta

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After getting lost the other day we were closer to San Antonio than we expected, and we also found out that this weekend is what they call Fiesta, and there was going to be a parade today. So, we told the kids, and they were instantly jazzed about the idea … Read More

Boerne

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It’s funny how our plans change day to day, even out here on the road. We left Shiner the other morning headed for Austin. A trip of about eighty miles. We do our best to take the back roads, and after an hour or so I remember seeing a sign … Read More

Travco Costs

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Here’s what it took us to turn a nearly fifty year-old motorhome into our current home. Ali has managed to tally up the numbers on the Travco expenses. I guessed twenty-thousand and came pretty close. I’m pretty happy with that number. The bus turned out exactly as we had hoped … Read More

Shiner

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I have to admit that I’ve been humbled here in Kemah by the incredible people we have met, and the generosity of all of them. We met up with our friends, the sugar-cookie-family, for dinner last night, and I really just can’t believe the goodwill that they heaped upon us. … Read More

Texas BBQ

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Bum friends had a BBQ today with us as the guests of honor. I have to say that I’m not really the most social guy in the world—the website is really my social outlet outside of my family, and even that obviously revolves solely around them—but these Bumfuzzle get-togethers always … Read More

Kemah

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We had plans in Kemah, so Galveston got a bit shortchanged by us. We were there for a couple of really bad weather days and then took off as soon as it got nice out again. We liked Galveston though. We didn’t really know what to expect there, but can … Read More

Galveston

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We drove Louisiana backroads yesterday, taking whatever squiggle led towards the coast. We eventually hit the brown water, then turned right to run west. As we were driving along we would see old abandoned houses and I would tease Ouest by saying how nice they looked, and asking if she’d … Read More

West

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We are inexorably drawn to the West. We really tried to convince ourselves to go East on this trip. We woke up yesterday morning still planning on going that way, but then we checked the weather, saw that Pensacola was going to get rainy and cold for a week, and … Read More

New Orleans

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After a busy day downtown the day before, it was time for some rest around the campground. Because of the bus I’ve had many, many conversations with other RVers. Which down here in Louisiana is more fun for me than most other times simply because of the accents. Especially the … Read More

French Quarter Fest

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New Orleans. Ali and I talked about coming down here way back when we were living in Chicago. It’s just one of those places we never seemed to make it to (New York City being the other glaring stand-out). Today we made it, and after a very full day I’ve … Read More